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T-Cell & I @ PACE: day 8, SWOT – back in the corner where the literal truth becomes a downright lie & who is helped?

T-Cell: 3 strengths: 1 passion for and commitment to artistic excellence to promote this strength: work with others who share the same passion and commitment to retain this strength: secure financial side of the venture: pay 2 write challenging scripts/performance pieces to promote this strength: approach without compromise; proceed

Note on a parenthetical in previous post: day 7

The notion that the sheer expense of rebranding the QEII Arts Council was the point above divesting the arts in NZ of their patron in Queen Elizabeth II requires a further note. The gesture is, on the face of it, with the glove of it, a political one: it intends

T-Cell & I @ PACE: day 6 – SWOT, O!?

O+ Statistics New Zealand, ten years after the Cultural Statistics Programme was established in 1993, pegged theatre attendance at approximately 27% in its 2003 report, entitled, A Measure for Culture. [http://www.stats.govt.nz/NR/exeres/39B6A2C6-4358-4806-AA60-21A9E2B70401.htm] Attendance rates were highest for women (59%), for those aged between

T-Cell & I @ PACE, SORT OF: day 5

I’ve sent the following, under various guises and permutations, to: http://www.mch.govt.nz; http://www.fuel4arts.com; http://www.thebigidea.co.nz; http://www.nzlive.com. WHO’S DOING WHAT WHEN WHERE HOW TO WHOM IN THE PERFORMING ARTS AND ARE THEY GETTING PAID FOR IT? I’

& I @ WINZ: day 4

My charming trainee case manager at WINZ experiences some difficulty in explaining to me why I am eligible for an UB of no more than $36.21 per week. She tries to create a diversion by bringing up on her screen various conversion charts and highlighting irrelevant figures. Acknowledging her

T-Cell & I @ PACE: day 3 – SWOT on track despite setback – deeper rabbit-hole found: notes on Strengths and Weaknesses internal to the project of establishing a theatre group called T-Cell

W- LACK OF FINANCIAL NOUS In the past I’ve relied on a producer, manager or collaborative partner. Not that I don’t know how to hold purse-strings, I can spend and be thrifty, but as for putting the money in the purse: I can hold down money; I lack

& I @ WINZ

never young, golden & bulletproof, ever old, deluded & fragile, I contacted WINZ today to hear how my UB application was getting on: UB is allegedly the support mechanism for those enrolled @ PACE, although you can slide in via SB, sickly and not so slickly. Gordon – this was the 0800